Ib5 gear sets and FD
Hey guys, gearbox number 4 is now on the way out with first becoming very hard to engage unless stationary and an almighty whine when coming off the throttle so deciding to go with the ib5. I've found an IB5 from a p reg 1.8D near me which I'm going to get but from what I've heard the ratios are near useless and cruising rpm is about 4000 on the motorway. I'm looking at either a 1.6 fiesta Zetec box or a 1.3 ka box to take the gears out. However if quite like the 3.82 final drive and from my understanding these boxes have an FD of about 4.3 iirc? Is the final drive from the diesel box suitable for use with either gear set to get a decent usable box. Would be nice to do 70 at about 2800-3000rpm in top but still have a box that's isn't overly long on the ratios.